Information and Resources for People with
Disabilities
Services for Disabled People
Ableize Disability Directory
Resource directory of UK adult and children's disability
services. Includes advice and information, access, recreation
and sports, plus the arts and education. Also information on
specific disabilities and updated news.
Further details can be obtained from the Ableize Disability Directory
website.
Active Sports
Disability Sport is a fully inclusive element of the Hampshire
and Isle of Wight Sports Partnership. Contact
Peter
Hull MBE, County Development Officer, on 01962 846021
peter.hull@hants.gov.uk
Sports Partnership
Cinema ticket scheme
Cinema Exhibitors' Association Card. This card entitles the
holder to one free ticket for a person accompanying them to the
cinema. To apply, a person will need to meet one of the following
criteria-
- Be in receipt of Disability Living Allowance
- Be a registered blind person
Application forms may be collected from cinemas or printed off
from the
website
Cards are valid for 1 year and a £5.50 processing fee
applies. 90 % of UK cinemas are supporting, from large chains like
Odeon, Vue, Showcase, UCI, UGC, Cineworld and independents
also.
Disability Arts Development Agency
Dada-South is the South-East’s thriving Disability Arts
Development Agency, always raising the profile of Deaf and Disabled
artists in the region and creating new and exciting opportunities,
to accelerate Deaf and Disabled people’s careers in the Arts.
Eastleigh and District Disability Forum
What can they do for you?
This group exists for all people with impairment and
their carers, if appropriate.
Membership is £1. New members always welcome.
- Meetings are held on the last Friday of every month from 1.30pm
to 3.30pm at Wells Place Centre, Eastleigh Baptist Church, Wells
Place and are open to all. The meetings deal with individual
concerns as well as general issues of interest to people with
an impairment.
For more information telephone Jenny Parker on 02380 615027 or
Community Development on 02380 688017.
Eastleigh Hearing Information Centre
Age Concern building, Romsey Road, Eastleigh
Every Tuesday 2pm to 4pm.
Free drop-in session where you can try out a range of equipment
to help with hearing the TV and when on the telephone.
Contact Debbie Hallmann at Sensory Direct on 023 8028 6343
info@sensorydirect.org
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Our job is to create a fairer Britain and a society
without prejudice, to raise awareness of your rights and implement
an effective legislative framework for the future.
The Home Information Support Project (HISP)
What can they do for you?
This service is part of One Community. The service is
for people who find it difficult to access information easily i.e.
the housebound (of any age), elderly people and people with
impairments.
The Eastleigh and District Disability Forum and
HISP have produced a
guide called `Getting Through The
Maze`. This is a large document, so we have broken
it down into sections allowing you to look at the subjects relevant
to you.
For a full copy or a copy in an alternative
format contact HISP direct on
telephone 023 8090 2467 or
Listening Books
Audio books for anyone who suffers from an illness or
disability and finds it difficult or impossible to hold or read a
book. This service works through a postal lending
library.
Sports facilities
Eastleigh Disability Leisure Access Group has information
about sports clubs and services for people with impairments
(EDLAG). For more information view their page
EDLAG
under Sports and Recreation.
Please note we reserve the right to
reject any submissions which are inappropriate and fall outside of
our geographical area.
There may also be a time delay for
your information to appear on this page please be patient as this
is not an automatic process.
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